How Kristen Faulkner approaches juggling a busy schedule
Is there a discipline or gold medal that Faulkner prefers over the other? “That’s hard to say, you know, I love them both for different reasons.
“I am quite fortunate that the road race was a pretty punchy course and so it suited that kind of sub-five-minute power – that’s exactly what we train on the track.
“So I do think the track training really helped actually with the road race. And I think training for the road and the endurance also helped with the track, you know, the back half of the race. So I do think they complement each other.
“It was just amazing to see that the legs felt really good and that the training actually complemented each other even more than I expected.”
But the life of a road cyclist means that right after the Olympic Games are over, the Women’s World Tour season resumes with perhaps the biggest Grand Tour race that exists – the Tour de France Femmes, which began in Rotterdam, Netherlands, on 12 August and concludes on the beastly Alpe d’Huez on 18 August.
“I have to be one step at a time,” Faulkner said of how she approached such a busy schedule of events.
“Before the road race I was all in on the road race and then I was all in on team pursuit and right now I’m taking some rest – mental, physical, taking some time with my family – and really doing a reset.
“And then as soon as I get to Rotterdam it’s all in for the Tour de France. I think it’s this mindset really of just focusing on the here and now, being very present, focusing on the current task and not trying to overwhelm yourself with your month-long to do list.”
However she does on the Tour, there’s one thing that keeps Faulkner coming back to cycling and away from her previous job in finance: “I really love what I do.
“It makes the hard work not seem so hard. It makes coming back from injuries and everything worth it. I enjoy the journey, regardless of the outcome, and I think that’s important for anything at this level.
“And then I think the second thing is, if you’re going to learn something later in life, just being really open to learning, really open to feedback, you have to be super humble and accept what you don’t know and what you need to learn.”
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Publish date : 2024-08-14 21:41:02
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